negro rule in the south -- i mean, essentially, that historical school existed into the 20th century, w.e.b. dubois wrote a book called "black reconstruction" and he said, as he was want to do, set the record straight. very, very clearly and there are other people -- and once he did that, other people began to take a look -- a second look at reconstruction, the people who were congress people -- you know, if you see "birth of a nation", you know, they got blacks in congress saying are you chicken and bare feet -- these are some of the most educated people. these were really, really educated men, talented people who were in these offices and that whole "birth of a nation" dunning school business really propped up andrew johnson because it made look like -- his attitudes were the correct ones. after dubois and others, certainly by the civil rights movement people began to take a different look at reconstruction and understood that he was more of a problem than any kind of solution. so i'm glad, i have to say, even though it took me a long time to do it and it's difficult to write about someon